Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The researchers are trying out different X-ray sources , including laboratory non-destructive testing rigs and a truck-mounted X-ray unit , and are working out the doses required . |
| 2 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 3 | The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent . |
| 4 | I accidentally spilt some soft drink on the bench where we had lunch , and in a minute a dozen skinks had homed in and were lapping up the liquid . |
| 5 | At the height of the violence in the early hours of the morning at Wymott jail in Leyland , Lancashire , about 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail . |
| 6 | In July he slipped away by train to Dire Dawa and my father wrote despondently to the Foreign Office : " Lij Yasu , during his three months ' stay in Addis Ababa , has succeeded in destroying even the semblance of central government and is dragging down the prestige of individual ministers so that there is no authority to whom the Legation can appeal . " |
| 7 | He 's finalising the documentation for a private bid , and is putting up the cash himself … |
| 8 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 9 | Somehow the virtual reality had overflowed the confines of that simulated chamber , and was taking over the entire broadcast . |
| 10 | She was wearing the white apron she had for cookery classes at school and was tidying up the house because the doctor was coming . |
| 11 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 12 | He says : ‘ I wanted to sign them both and was sorting out the work permit side of it when I was dismissed . |
| 13 | And then he 'd waited there , too ashamed to face other nomes , until the car went back to wherever it came from , and had got off , and was living out the rest of his life quietly and without any fuss . |
| 14 | He was quite near Philip now and was climbing up the bank towards the spot where Philip had thrown the stone . |
| 15 | He left the Operations Room and was running up the Pit transport belt when Cheryl Russell swung in from a side corridor and very nearly cannoned into him . |
| 16 | In a minute she had rushed from the house and was running down the garden . |
| 17 | Father Crispin had unfortunately just knocked over a wine cup and was cleaning up the mess with a napkin . |
| 18 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 19 | Denied its usual egress , the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets . |
| 20 | Everton got off to good start but are slipping down the table … |